About Anita Schäfer
Born 1951. Anita Schäfer is a German politician.
Anita Schäfer (born 9 July 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1998 until 2021. She represented the constituency of Pirmasens.
Political career Schäfer became a member of the Bundestag in the 1998 German federal election. In parliament, she served on the Defense Committee.
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election, Schäfer publicly endorsed in 2020 Friedrich Merz to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.
In August 2020, Schäfer announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
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Who is Anita Schäfer?
German politician
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Anita Schäfer was born on 9 July 1951 in Saalstadt.
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Anita Schäfer is a politician.
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Anita Schäfer is German.
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